Prayers and Meditations — §676
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 676 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ارْحَمْ يا إِلهِي عِبادَكَ الَّذِينَ غَرِقُوا فِي بُحُورِ الإِشاراتِ ثُمَّ أَنْقِذْهُمْ بِسُلْطانِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَالصِّفاتِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ حاكِمًا عَلَى ما تَشَآءُ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِمِثْلِ ما كُنْتَ فِي أَزَلِ الآزالِ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Have mercy, then, O my God, upon Thy servants who are drowned in the midst of the ocean of evil suggestions, and deliver them by the power of Thy sovereignty, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and attributes! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath ordained what hath pleased Thee, and will unto everlasting abide the same. No God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: “The God of Mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: tender mercieskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §202: Let Thy mercy, then, be upontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: for the sake of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §684: God is My witness!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the faithfulfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §388: the adored Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: of all mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: Such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the guardian
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: have been drownedfire-tabletFire §25: is drowninggleaningsGWB §668: the sloughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: immersionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: in the midst ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: immersedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: submergedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: foundered
This form usually rendered as “oceans”, “seas”, “waters” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the OceangleaningsGWB §108: unto Him Who is the Oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: the ocean ofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: the oceansgleaningsGWB §15: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
allusions 38% evil 19% whisperings 8% hints 8% suggestions 8% blind 4% vain 4% fanciful 4% implications 4% obscure 4%
This form usually rendered as “save”, “deliver” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “power of Thy sovereignty”
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §35: Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §156: through the power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rulers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: kingdomsgleaningsGWB §636: of the kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: of earthly existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: O Thou Who art the Possessortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §528: confessedly sokitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: Thou hast called himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §669: the highest expressions of praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: eulogyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: to express Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: depict that placegleaningsGWB §702: adorn himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: concerning the character ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §605: hath always ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: dissipatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: wilt everlastingly continue to remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §55: fleetingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: eliminategleaningsGWB §116: never
This form usually rendered as “ordaineth”, “governor”, “rule” (26 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: willethgleaningsGWB §536: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: to a stern businessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: may pleasetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered تَشَآءُ (tasháʾ), تَزالُ (tazál), تَكُونُ (takún), بِمِثْلِ (bimithl) as “Thee, will unto everlasting abide, same”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: Be yegleaningsGWB §300: is not and can never bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §581: and fixedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Veiled
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: of such as are like theegleaningsGWB §727: profferethkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: peersthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Such a one
SE rendered بِمِثْلِ (bimithl), أَزَلِ (ʾazal), الآزالِ (az-zál), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “same, God”
eternity 37% everlasting 11% through 11% ever 11% time 5% before 5% unto 5% forever 5% eternally 5% throughout 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §463: will have forgiven theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: Thee to forgivewill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
